LOCAL ROUNDUP: Rams find space at the top after win over Methacton

Spring-Ford saw its one-game lead over the rest of the circuit increased a half-game with its 8-2 victory over Methacton at Ram Stadium. While the league leaders (7-1) pulled away slightly from idle Boyertown, Phoenixville and Pottstown — all tied for second place at 5-2 — the fifth-place Warriors dropped to 4-3 in advance of Wednesday’s full league slate.

Nick Fuhrmeister, Ryan Cass and Connor Klemann each drove in two runs in support of winning pitcher Tyler Eckman, Spring-Ford’s leading hitter with a double and 3-for-3 at the plate. Eckman scattered four hits and a pair of runs in his complete-game stint, yielding just two walks while striking out eight.

Methacton’s four-hit offense was shared by four different players, its longest safeties a Tyler Kirkpatrick triple and Kyle Lowery.

Perkiomen Valley 6, Owen J. Roberts 0: Jay Jabs was a two-way star for the Vikings in their PAC-10 victory over the Wildcats, driving in five runs on three home runs and twirling a five-hitter with 11 strikeouts.

SOFTBALLPottsgrove 6, Upper Perkiomen 2: Sydney Schollenberger tossed a four-hitter, struck out seven, and worked all seven innings as Pottsgrove beat Upper Perk in PAC-10 action and upped its record to 2-5, 2-6.

Leading the Falcons, who banged out 14 hits, Taylor Dotterer went 3-for-4 with two RBI, Gabby Ermish was 3-for-4, Ashley Kurtz 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, Lexi Kehl smacked two doubles and drove in two runs, and Jenna Trythal was 2-for-3 with a double.

Casey Umstead blasted a triple for Upper Perk.

BOYS LACROSSEMethacton 10, Owen J. Roberts 9: Keith White scored his third goal of the day with 1:52 left in overtime to lift the Warriors over the visiting Wildcats. After OJR tied it with 21 seconds left in regulation the Warriors tallied to win in OT.

Luke Herber led Methacton with three goals and three assists. while Jake Blitzer had 15 saves as Methacton improved to 5-2, 6-4.

GIRLS LACROSSEPottstown 7, Perkiomen Valley 5: Julia Pearson’s hat trick keyed the Trojans as they rallied in the second half of their PAC-10 game with the Vikings to come away victorious.

Madison Mackiewicz chipped in with two goals, and Kelsey Shumaker and Sydney Sanford once apiece, to help Pottstown (5-1, 5-4) erase PV’s 5-4 halftime lead. Morgan Wambold gave the locals seven-save goaltending, touched by the Vikes for Kylie Muller’s hat trick and Christie Barrett’s two tallies.

Harley Barrett gave the visitors 15-save goaltending.

Perkiomen School 17, Collegium 6: Hannah Tompkins had five goals and three assists, while Maddy Faraco added four and Victoria Rath three, as the Panthers (2-0, 4-2) rolled over Collegium Charter in Tri-County League play.

COLLEGE BASEBALLHaverford 14, Ursinus 1: The Fords scored nine runs in the bottom of the third inning on the way to a Centennial Conference romp over the Bears to start a two-game series between the teams.

Despite the loss, Ursinus (2-9, 6-20) banged out 11 hits on the day, Chris Jablonski going 3-for-4 with a double. Ralph Aurora, Alex Manacher and Jake Kohler each got two hits, Kohler scoring the lone run for the Bears in the fourth on a fielding error.

A.J. Wright took the loss for Ursinus, falling to 0-6. He struck out two and walked two in two innings’ work.

COLLEGE SOFTBALLUrsinus 5, Haverford 4: The Bears scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning en route to victory over the Fords in the first game of a scheduled Centennial Conference doubleheader. The winner in game two was darkness, halted in the top of the tenth inning with Ursinus (6-5, 11-16) down 3-2; it will be resumed at a later date.

After Haverford took a 1-0 lead, Ursinus answered right back in the bottom of the first with three runs of its own, starting with a double from Allison Pfrommer that scored Amy Gentile. An error on a hit ball by Emelie McFarland allowed Pfrommer to score to make it 2-1, followed by an RBI ground out from Caitlin Whelan that scored Kelly Schymanski (Owen J. Roberts).

Zoe Heinke came up with the game-winning hit in the bottom of the eighth, when she doubled to left scoring Delia Mercurio and pinch runner Deanna Madison.

Pfrommer finished the opener with two hits. Schymanski got the win, improving to 6-8 as she struck out three and walked three in eight innings of work.

WOMEN’S GOLFUrsinus Invitational: The Ursinus women finished with a score of 469 in their invitational at Stonewall North Course.

Rebecca Honor finished with a team-best score of 102, followed by senior Ryan Feeney with a 109. Dana Feigenbaum and Allie Minning each finished with scores of 129.

MEN’S GOLFUrsinus Invitational: The Ursinus men finished tenth in their Spring Invitational at the Stonewall North Course.

Russell Hill carded a team-best 82, followed by Paul Michaud with an 88. Kevin Janowski had an 89, followed by David Nolan (Perkiomen Valley) at 99.

MEN’S TENNISCentennial Conference: Ursinus College’s Tyler Arsenault was named as the Centennial Conference Player of the Week by the conference office.

Arsenault compiled an undefeated week for the Bears, going 6-0 in three big wins. He was a double winner at third singles and third doubles as Ursinus knocked off Washington, 5-4. Arsenault won two more times, at second doubles and third singles in an 8-1 win over Alvernia; he also went 2-0 as at third singles and third doubles in a key 8-1 conference victory at Gettysburg.